Types of Ground Covers to Consider for Your Landscape
Ground cover is the basis for any type of landscaping design. It provides color and vibrancy to your outdoor area while protecting your soil and helping it retain its nutrients. […]
Agave americana is the Plant of the Month!
Agave americana var. medio-picta f. alba, White striped century plant, desert accent plant This striking agave with its creamy, whitish-yellow, central leaf color and bluish-gray margins grows three to four feet tall. […]
Yucca Aloifolia is the Plant of the Month!
*Yucca aloifolia, Spanish bayonet, desert accent plant The erect, upright plant grows ten to twenty feet tall with a five-foot or greater spread, and is admired for its showy, creamy […]
Agave Blue Glow is the Plant of the Month!
Agave ‘Blue Glow’, Blue glow agave Blue Glow is a hybrid that produces a glow-like appearance in bright sunlight. It grows two feet tall and wide, forming a single rosette […]
Yucca rostrata
The spectacular bloomer grows ten to fifteen feet tall, forming an attractive, thatched trunk and branching towards the top of the plant as it matures. It has narrow, slightly waxy, greenish-blue leaves with a thin, yellowish edge and a sharp…
Yucca gloriosa
The fast-growing, tropical-looking yucca grows ten feet tall and eight feet wide and can form single or multiple trunks. It has sword-like foliage that originates from the center of the plant. The leaves are bluish-green with smooth margins and…
Yucca baccata
This yucca was named for its edible, banana-shaped fruit that was a historic food source for Native Americans. The plant grows slowly to three to five feet tall and wide with large, strap-like, dark-green foliage that is stiff, erect, sharply…
Yucca elata
This historic yucca grows six to twenty feet tall or more with an erect, upright trunk and spreads eight feet wide. Its showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are the state flower of New Mexico. The plant was named for the substances in its roots and…
Hesperaloe funifera
This excellent, slow-growing evergreen has an erect, bold, striking growth habit. It produces stiff, narrow green leaves that form a massive clump of upright growth and reaches six feet tall and wide. Its leaf margins have white, stringy fibers…
Fouquieria splendens
This tall, graceful deciduous shrub with long canes grows slowly to twenty feet tall with a fifteen-foot spread. It has spiny, sharp, pole-like stems and light to dark green, oval, two-inch leaflets. The ocotillo grows upright and has few branches…